EPDM "Apply to Folders" broken?

I'm losing my mind trying to keep my folder views sorted the way I want them. I like to have files sorted by type and then by name (A-Z). This is no problem in Windows outside of the vault.

I know that I can only "Apply to Folders" in the root of the vault. When I sort my files here and then hit "Apply to Folders" it immediately changes the sort to Z-A. I struggle to find things and spend more time clicking the sort buttons to get everything looking right. Is there any solution to this problem?

Apparently EPDM doesn't have the same sorting abilities as Windows Explorer. I assumed it would since it looks like Windows Explorer. It has been assigned an SPR, but I think that just means it's an enhancement request. Here is the number:

Have you tried performing the "Apply to Folders" from the folder that contains your vault view rather than within the vault view? In my experience this generally solves the problem for within the vault as well.

The "Apply to Folders" will only work in the root and that's where I've been trying it. It's not working properly there.

I like the search tool, but it doesn't work for our application. We need to open and edit multiple files in a folder and need to see them quickly. We've been used to one thing for the history of our company and we don't want to change because something is broken.

If you spend a lot of time looking for files, have you tried using the search tool? Everyone's case is different, but I live in that all day and rarely browse to files in the vault.

Find the "Search.exe" file in the Program Files\SolidWorks Enterprise PDM folder and make a shortcut to it and use the Complete search. It'll find anything. And if you leave off the last character of something you're looking for (no wildcard necessary), sometimes you find some surprises that need cleaning up! Works for me.

Apparently EPDM doesn't have the same sorting abilities as Windows Explorer. I assumed it would since it looks like Windows Explorer. It has been assigned an SPR, but I think that just means it's an enhancement request. Here is the number:

It probably just hasn't popped up yet, here is what my SPR list shows:

SPR #

Problem Description

Status

Impact

Product

Technical Comments

Fixed in Version

898372

Add possibility to sort Local Vault View by multiple columns as it is possible with Windows Explorer

Open

Customer would like to be able to sort by multiple columns ('File Type' and then by 'Name') in his local vault view as it can be done in Windows Explorer In Windows you can do this by shift selecting the second column header but this doesn't work in the EPDM vault.